Discussion About IRVD Projects

Discussion about IRVD projects .. Within the strategy of “IRVD” for humanitarian support, which is based on full coordination with health and government authorities in areas of humanitarian crisis, with the aim of ensuring access to health services to all those in need, and strengthening the emergency response to the most vulnerable groups, while maintaining independence, impartiality and non-discrimination in humanitarian work, the regional director of “IRVD” in the Yemen held a meeting with the minister of public health and population in the capital “Aden”, Dr. “Qassem Ahmed Buhaibe”.

This meeting was also held in the presence of the undersecretary for the primary health care sector, Dr. “Ali Al-Walidi” and the undersecretary for therapeutic medicine, Dr. “Shawqi Al-Sharjabi” to make discussion about IRVD projects in Yemen, especially in the field of prosthetics and providing free health services for people with mobility disabilities and patients amputation.

IRVD Organisation contributes to operating 4 prosthetics centers in Yemen.

The number of beneficiaries of the centers ’services has reached more than 13000 beneficiaries in each of the governorates of “Aden, Maareb, Taiz and Hadramout” in 2020.

As for the primary health care sector, the health projects of “IRVD” were discussed in primary care services and treating malnutrition cases, to ensure full coordination with all health directorates in the targeted areas and under the supervision of the ministry’s primary health care department.

This meeting comes in the context of a series of similar meetings of “IRVD” with Yemeni officials.

The regional director of “IRVD” in Yemen had previously met with the governor of “Al-Mahra” governorate and the head of the local council, Mr. “Muhammad Ali Yasser”, in December of the last year. The two parties discussed possible development and relief interventions in “Al-Mahra” governorate, and stressed the importance of conducting a population survey and implementing a service map, to determine needs according to priority, and after that the regional director made a series of field visits to “IRVD” projects throughout Yemen.